Sometimes the wing man wins...

You know a good friend is the one who will walk into the most awkward situation head held high and an eff you attitude. I walked in to a first date this weekend with a good friend in tow and I thank god she was there. I may not have been forth coming with the type of people we were meeting. We will call my friend Coop just to keep things anonymous. Coop played it off and the both of us fell into our typical rhythm of banter and obscenities and then I knew she was on the awkward train with me.

Needing a wing man or the "emergency" bail out call after an hour is a must for dating, especially when your date is someone you have met of the internet. To have a friend willing to walk into a bar you have never been to with two men you have never met takes balls. The best part about Coop was not only did she own it she ran it!

 I had a great time with the boy (who still doesn't deserve a name yet) but Coop met a man who changed her opinion of her world. She came out with the royal flush and I had four of a kind. I still had a great hand, a hand on most night I can win with. A hand I am going to run with for a little bit but Coop got a new perspective and proved that sometimes it pays to fly along side... I did learn the boy snores.